The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The dancer / performed weird / but the music was / highly enchanting.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. performed weird
Error concept: Incorrect use of adjective
What is wrong: The phrase “performed weird” is grammatically incorrect.
Grammatical concept: After verbs like performed, an adverb should be used to describe the action, not an adjective.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Weird is an adjective, but here we need the adverb weirdly to correctly modify the verb performed.
How to correct: Replace weird with weirdly.
Correct phrase/ correction: performed weirdly
Final sentence: The dancer performed weirdly, but the music was highly enchanting.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.